Recently, Tiger Beer Malaysia and local streetwear brand Pestle & Mortar Clothing (PMC), in collaboration with World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), launched the Endangered Edition collection today at Pestle & Mortar’s flagship store in Bangsar. This unique collaboration aims to raise awareness for the dwindling number of wild tigers - 100% of the proceeds from the sale of the collection will go to WWF- Malaysia for tiger conservation efforts.

Last year, Tiger Beer launched a six-year partnership with WWF in efforts to support doubling the population of wild tigers globally by 2022. The #3890Tigers campaign encouraged fans to spread awareness by uncaging their creativity via an online tool. Tiger Beer also removed the iconic tiger logo from their packaging and posed the question, ‘Can you imagine a world without tigers?’.

Streetwear fans filled the area outside the Pestle & Mortar store in Bangsar in anticipation of the Endangered Edition Collection launch

This time around, Tiger Beer is using streetwear as a medium to garner support for the cause while using sustainable materials. PMC came forward and joined hands with Tiger Beer, WWF and four local artists - Sean Lean, Kenji Chai, Julian Oh, and Hugh Koh - to create designs for the exclusive and very limited Endangered Edition collection, which is made using Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS) compliant organic cotton. These designs aim to bring the image of the tiger to the forefront of fashion to make a statement while driving awareness to save wild tigers. Only 260 pieces of these limited edition t-shirts have been made. They are extremely rare, but there are still more of them out there than there are Malayan tigers left in the wild – only an estimated minimum number of 250 remains.

The four local artists behind the collection have distinctive visual approaches with their designs, but they all deliver the same message. Sean Lean is an artist whose work often deals with fragmented identities and explores industrial and mechanized methods. Kenji Chai, a street artist, is famed for his imaginative and colourful works often deals with animal extinction and symbiosis in nature. Julian Oh is a tattoo artist and a freelance commercial cinematographer- his work is symbolic and thorough. PMC’s co-founder, Hugh Koh, also joined in and created one of the designs for the collection. All these artists aim to raise awareness of the wild tigers’ plight through their designs.

“Fans who supported the cause and took a stand with Tiger Beer last year can be part of a unique collaborative effort once again. Last year, we saw fans uncage their creativity to raise awareness. The brand has taken a different approach this year, and through this joint effort with PMC, we are using streetwear to support this cause. Tiger Beer takes the plight of wild tigers seriously and wants fans to be aware of the situation.” said Pearly Lim, Marketing Manager of Tiger Beer Malaysia.

Hugh Koh, co-founder of PMC added, “It is a privilege to be part of a meaningful cause, and given the current predicament wild tigers are in, we wanted to send a message to fans through the designs in the collection.”

“Poaching remains the most critical threat to our tigers. If we don’t act now as a nation to protect them, we stand to lose them forever. Therefore, it is very encouraging to see Malaysians participate in helping us to spread awareness and take action in supporting the protection and conservation of Malayan tigers through creative arts,” said Dr. Mark Rayan Darmaraj, Tiger Landscape Lead for WWF-Malaysia.

Here's the last picture for this blog post... that's me posing at the event backdrop, in case you guys forgot how I look like. Haha...

Fans who missed the launch can still show their support by purchasing these t-shirts that are priced at RM100 each, while stocks last. 100% of the proceeds from the sale of this collection, will go to WWF-Malaysia in support of wild tiger conservation efforts. Online sales for the exclusive Endangered Edition collection will go live on PMC’s online shopping platform, https://www.pestlemortarclothing.com/ from 21st August onwards. So which one is your favorite design? Do let me know in the comment section below.